I was never sure that I would get through every day in January doing some exercise. Some days it was only a dog walk but it is better than not doing anything at all. I knew, as a runner starting from scratch again, that I would not be able to run every day.
It's been great to read other people's blogs and see that they too have sometimes 'only done' something. I'm going to miss that part particularly, the pain, the pleasure and the laughs.
Tonight I was late leaving work and the traffic was absolutely hideous. I had to take Isobel to Guides and I have eaten THREE scones (small ones, honest). It is cold and I didn't want to go running tonight but it is the last day of Janathon so I donned my gear and headed out. I knew it wasn't going to be a long run so I did one circuit of the block which is 1.5 miles and it didn't feel bad at all.
Looking forward to Juneathon now. Should be an ultra marathoner by then (not!).
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Monday, 31 January 2011
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Day Twenty Five. Just a little bit.
After a fairly normal working day and then going to do the weekly shop the lazy side of me wondered if there was a way of getting out of doing Janathon. My conscience argued that I'd got to day 25 so why spoil it now.
Conscience won!
Having duly donned my running gear I pondered in which direction to take myself and decided to go the same way as the previous night. I had a slight problem with sciatica down the front of my left leg but nothing too bad. However I soon found myself tiring, much sooner than last night. I managed to go round the block once but didn't feel I had anything more in my legs to do a second round. Still that's 1.5 miles and 20 minutes that I wouldn't have done without Janathon.
One thing I do keep suffering with is tight calf muscles. I do try to really think about relaxing these muscles and sometimes it works but not always. I do stretch them afterwards otherwise I would get cramp. One year when I did the Great North Run my muscles tightened up so much that my foot was going numb.
Anyway not much more of January to go so what is going to keep me going in February?
Conscience won!
Having duly donned my running gear I pondered in which direction to take myself and decided to go the same way as the previous night. I had a slight problem with sciatica down the front of my left leg but nothing too bad. However I soon found myself tiring, much sooner than last night. I managed to go round the block once but didn't feel I had anything more in my legs to do a second round. Still that's 1.5 miles and 20 minutes that I wouldn't have done without Janathon.
One thing I do keep suffering with is tight calf muscles. I do try to really think about relaxing these muscles and sometimes it works but not always. I do stretch them afterwards otherwise I would get cramp. One year when I did the Great North Run my muscles tightened up so much that my foot was going numb.
Anyway not much more of January to go so what is going to keep me going in February?
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Day seventeen, I don't wanna do it!
After a busy weekend and a late night last night I was tired today.
Supposed to be having some training for the new part of my job. This has supposed to start in earnest after the Christmas break but various things have added up to the manager who is leading this not getting things together. Anyway I was sat with him today as he waffled through things on the computer screen all day. I could feel that my upper eyelids wanted to have a meeting with the bottom and it was a struggle to keep them apart.
I had my usual walk of 10 minutes each way to the car and was going to settle for that today. It is exercise after all!
After sitting around a while and taking my daughter to guides I decided to haul my sorry (and very large)backside out on to the roadside.
I can't seem to get the GPS part of my Garmin to work but at least the minute interval work. So I did R2/W1 round the block where I live which is 1.5 miles with some fairly steep (for me anyway) climbs. It's rather nice really as it goes along a main road, heads off towards our village, going round the bottom of a golf course and then heads up back into the village itself. Past a pub, the village green and eventually back on reasonably level ground and home.
Hang on a moment I wasn't completely on my knees so I carried on up our road again. It is about a third of a mile to the end of the road so when I got there I came back again making a total of about 2.33 miles (I think) in 28.07 minutes.
Well that was definitely better than nothing. Thank you Janathon, without you I would have sat on my backside all evening.
Supposed to be having some training for the new part of my job. This has supposed to start in earnest after the Christmas break but various things have added up to the manager who is leading this not getting things together. Anyway I was sat with him today as he waffled through things on the computer screen all day. I could feel that my upper eyelids wanted to have a meeting with the bottom and it was a struggle to keep them apart.
I had my usual walk of 10 minutes each way to the car and was going to settle for that today. It is exercise after all!
After sitting around a while and taking my daughter to guides I decided to haul my sorry (and very large)backside out on to the roadside.
I can't seem to get the GPS part of my Garmin to work but at least the minute interval work. So I did R2/W1 round the block where I live which is 1.5 miles with some fairly steep (for me anyway) climbs. It's rather nice really as it goes along a main road, heads off towards our village, going round the bottom of a golf course and then heads up back into the village itself. Past a pub, the village green and eventually back on reasonably level ground and home.
Hang on a moment I wasn't completely on my knees so I carried on up our road again. It is about a third of a mile to the end of the road so when I got there I came back again making a total of about 2.33 miles (I think) in 28.07 minutes.
Well that was definitely better than nothing. Thank you Janathon, without you I would have sat on my backside all evening.
Wednesday, 5 January 2011
Day Five - I'm still here!
Normally I would have my walk from the car to work and back as 20 minutes of exercise but this morning's walk was ruined last night.
After having my car off the road for about 7 weeks I eventually got it back last Wednesday, a week ago. We have spent about £500 on it. Then we bought a new battery for it last Friday and we had a trip out to the coast to test it. Fantastic, everything went like a dream.
Last night some nice people thought they could help themselves to having a ride in my car. They popped the bonnet and started to hotwire it. Because it is parked away from the house and we have double glazing we never heard the alarm going off. Luckily our friends who live across the road heard it all and came across and scared them off. They flagged down a police car but the culprits had disappeared. This morning the car wouldn't start. Bloody Hell!!!!
Anyway my partner Peter took me to work in the van. He was going for further tests on his eyes this afternoon as yesterday they found he had high blood pressure in them. They've also made him a hospital appointment for tomorrow. As he wasn't able to drive home I got my walk back up to the car.
Got home this evening after doing the weekly shop and got changed and went out for a run. Garmin strapped on and I was ready to rock. Did the same route as last night for much of the run but instead of cutting back across the moor I carried on down the road and around another block. Some of the run is near main roads but some of it is quiet almost country roads.
When I got home I found yet again I hadn't set the Garmin properly so all it told me was how long I had been out, bah! So I had a quick trip around Mapmyrun to find out my mileage. 2.36 miles done in 32 minutes of R1/W1.
After having my car off the road for about 7 weeks I eventually got it back last Wednesday, a week ago. We have spent about £500 on it. Then we bought a new battery for it last Friday and we had a trip out to the coast to test it. Fantastic, everything went like a dream.
Last night some nice people thought they could help themselves to having a ride in my car. They popped the bonnet and started to hotwire it. Because it is parked away from the house and we have double glazing we never heard the alarm going off. Luckily our friends who live across the road heard it all and came across and scared them off. They flagged down a police car but the culprits had disappeared. This morning the car wouldn't start. Bloody Hell!!!!
Anyway my partner Peter took me to work in the van. He was going for further tests on his eyes this afternoon as yesterday they found he had high blood pressure in them. They've also made him a hospital appointment for tomorrow. As he wasn't able to drive home I got my walk back up to the car.
Got home this evening after doing the weekly shop and got changed and went out for a run. Garmin strapped on and I was ready to rock. Did the same route as last night for much of the run but instead of cutting back across the moor I carried on down the road and around another block. Some of the run is near main roads but some of it is quiet almost country roads.
When I got home I found yet again I hadn't set the Garmin properly so all it told me was how long I had been out, bah! So I had a quick trip around Mapmyrun to find out my mileage. 2.36 miles done in 32 minutes of R1/W1.
Sunday, 2 January 2011
DAY TWO
This morning I didn't get up quite so early. Did nearly talk myself out of going for a run but wanted to make sure my Garmin was doing something right after fiddling with it for quite a while yesterday.
It appeared to be working as it was yesterday as I set off. Then it bleeped and
I thought that the first minute had gone quickly, (I'm doing one minute run, one minute walk at the moment). Then it bleeped again! Hmm what's going here. It seems it has picked up the speed parameters set by the previous owner or Bucks Fizz has invaded the unit as it kept saying 'Speed Up' when I was walking and 'Slow Down' when I was running.
Once I realised what had happened I just listened for a particular bleeping sound and ignored Bucks Fizz. I'm not particularly technically minded so like my running it is small steps forward.
I did 20 minutes of R/W and then had a five minute cool down walk and did some stretches when I got back. The downloaded info tells me I did 1.8 miles. Yesterday I had to use Mapmyrun to tell me that I had done 2.02 miles. So no great mileage but still better than sitting on your backside doing nothing.
When I got back home I changed my shoes to walking boots, put on a fleece and took Evie and Bear for a walk. Followed similar route to the run so another 1.5 miles done and plenty of ball throwing and bending to pick it up (it all adds up you know).
It appeared to be working as it was yesterday as I set off. Then it bleeped and
I thought that the first minute had gone quickly, (I'm doing one minute run, one minute walk at the moment). Then it bleeped again! Hmm what's going here. It seems it has picked up the speed parameters set by the previous owner or Bucks Fizz has invaded the unit as it kept saying 'Speed Up' when I was walking and 'Slow Down' when I was running.
Once I realised what had happened I just listened for a particular bleeping sound and ignored Bucks Fizz. I'm not particularly technically minded so like my running it is small steps forward.
I did 20 minutes of R/W and then had a five minute cool down walk and did some stretches when I got back. The downloaded info tells me I did 1.8 miles. Yesterday I had to use Mapmyrun to tell me that I had done 2.02 miles. So no great mileage but still better than sitting on your backside doing nothing.
When I got back home I changed my shoes to walking boots, put on a fleece and took Evie and Bear for a walk. Followed similar route to the run so another 1.5 miles done and plenty of ball throwing and bending to pick it up (it all adds up you know).
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